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COW STRUCK BY LIGHTNING?
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<blockquote data-quote="Big Earl" data-source="post: 1327877" data-attributes="member: 25242"><p>We lost our first one to lightning last night. A half grown bull calf. The eyes are rolled way back or blown out, not sure which. Some blood around eye socket. Black film on the water puddle he was laying in. Other than the eye, there was no outward signs of trauma. We got 3/4'' of rain last night, lots of lightning. The ground was close to fully saturated from a rain a couple of nights ago. The puddle was 10 yards from a pond, near the base of a 30' tree. 1/4 mile from any power lines. Well away from any fence The rest of the herd were all bawling and following me around. I was barely able to get the gate closed behind me as I left the pasture, they tried to follow me out. I usually have to push the cattle as they are not trained to follow. I have never seen cattle behave that way before. I am sure it must have been a traumatic experience for all of them. Kind of traumatic to the bottom line too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Earl, post: 1327877, member: 25242"] We lost our first one to lightning last night. A half grown bull calf. The eyes are rolled way back or blown out, not sure which. Some blood around eye socket. Black film on the water puddle he was laying in. Other than the eye, there was no outward signs of trauma. We got 3/4'' of rain last night, lots of lightning. The ground was close to fully saturated from a rain a couple of nights ago. The puddle was 10 yards from a pond, near the base of a 30' tree. 1/4 mile from any power lines. Well away from any fence The rest of the herd were all bawling and following me around. I was barely able to get the gate closed behind me as I left the pasture, they tried to follow me out. I usually have to push the cattle as they are not trained to follow. I have never seen cattle behave that way before. I am sure it must have been a traumatic experience for all of them. Kind of traumatic to the bottom line too. [/QUOTE]
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